 Carrie 2002  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror
Director: David Carson
Cast: Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Rena Sofer, Kandyse McClure, Emilie de Ravin, Tobias Mehler, Jesse Cadotte, Meghan Black, David Keith, Miles Meadows, Jasmine Guy, Sean Tyler Foley, Chelan Simmons, Katherine Isabelle, Laurie Murdoch
This made-for-TV remake of the Stephen King novel stars Angela Bettis in the title role. Carrie has problems at home from her religious zealot mother (Patricia Clarkson) and at school where the unstable teen is harassed. Carrie has telekinetic powers–the ability to control and move things with her mind. She goes over the edge when a boy plays a prank on her at the prom.
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Civic Duty 2007  R, 94 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jeff Renfroe
Cast: Peter Krause, Kari Matchett, Richard Schiff, Khaled Abol Naga, Ian Tracey, P. Lynn Johnson, Benita Ha, Mark Brandon, Bruno Verdoni, Val Cole, Laurie Murdoch, Vanesa Tomasino
Laid off from his job, accountant Terry Allen (Peter Krause) spends too much of his time watching frightening news reports concerning security issues. Then, late one night he watches as Gabe Hassan (Khaled Abol Naga) moves into the neighborhood. Gabe carries only a few bags, and Terry is suspicious that this Middle-Easterner works for terrorists and is building bombs at home. Terry spies on Gabe and reports his findings to his wife Maria (Kari Matchett) and to FBI Agent Hillary (Richard Schiff), but both are skeptical about Terry's reports and are turned off by him. By now, Terry is obsessed with what he believes is a threat to his country, and his paranoid thinking leads him to the decision that he, as a patriot, must take matters into his own hands as the one American citizen in a position to stop Gabe.
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The Color of Courage 1999  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Rose
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Lynn Whitfield, Bruce Greenwood, Roger Guenveur Smith, David Andrews, Jenny O'Hara, Kevin McNulty, Laurie Murdoch, Gannon Brown, Shan Elliot
Based on the 1940 civil rights case, "Sipes v McGhee," this made-for-TV movie relates the struggle of a Detroit black family, the McGhees, to move into an all-white neighborhood.
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Door to Door 2002 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Schachter
Cast: William H. Macy, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick, Kathy Baker, Joel Brooks, Michael Shanks, Woody Jeffreys, Laurie Murdoch, Shylo Sharity, Brittany Tiplady
Based on a true story, this inspirational made-for-TV film follows the 40-year career of a door-to-door salesman, Bill Porter (William H. Macy), who was born with cerebral palsy. Despite this severe condition, he succeeded through determination and the support of his mother and his assistant.
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| 1. Carrie (2002)
2. Civic Duty (2007)
3. The Color of Courage (1999)
4. Door to Door (2002)
5. T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998)
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